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NavarroFrancisco SaorínDegree in primary eduactionEngland accentsCockneyThe term Cockney has geographical, social and linguistic associationsIt is often used to refer to working-class Londoners in the East EndCockney areaThe region in which "Cockneys" are thought to reside is not clearly definedOne must have been born within earshot of the Mary St-le Bow BellsThe church of St Mary-le-Bow was destroyed in 1666Before they were replaced in 1961, there was a period when, by the "within earshot" definition, no "Bow-bell" Cockneys could be bornCockney PhoneticFamous CockneysMichael Caine film starCharlie Chaplin film starSamantha Fox model/singerCOKNEY SLANGWhat is Cockney Rhyming Slang?Cockney Rhyming slang is a coded language invented in the nineteenth century by CockneysThey could speak in front of the police without being understoodIt uses a phrase that rhymes with a word, instead of the word itself IRISH ACCENTTwo languages dominate any discussionof Language of Ireland - Irish and English.Hiberno-English is now the national Standard Language of Ireland.Ireland has several main groups of accents, related of the different influence of the colonisationINFLUENCEThe Anglo-Normans from about 1167 brought the Norman-French and English languages:The accents of Ulster: strong influence from ScotlandHiberno-EnglishIt s a mix of the English of the planters, the strong Irish element that already existed and the 'Old English'It s the same English that in UK, but with a different accent.Some of the Irish accents are quite difficult. Part of the problem is speed.Some characteristics of Irish accent

How to do an Irish accent:in dublin...is usual to drop the final `t', for instance: what, at, brat, sweet and treat.This peculiarity, combined with the speed, makes comprehension really difficult.Colin Farrell, from Dublin:IN GALWAY...the use of Gaelic is stronger:The distinction between “t” “d” and the pre-dental fricatives is usually lost.Consonant “r” is pronounced in all positions. This “r” is strongly pronounced after other consonant.The pronunciation of vowels usually shows similarities between English and Gaelic pronunciation.Galway senior football player:Ulster accent•Belfast accents tend to be harsh, The diphthong /aʊ/ is pronounced approximately [əʉ], but wide variation exists, especially between social classe there.CorkonianThe Corkonian accent has a unique lyrical intonation.Every sentence typically ends in the trademark elongated tail-off on the last word. In Cork heavier emphasis yet is put on the brrr sound to the letter R.Tommy Tiernan - Cork Accent:KerryPeople from Kerry put heavier emphasis on the brrr sound to the letter R. For example: the word Forty is pronounced whereby the “r” exhibits the typified Irish brrr.Another feature in the Kerry accent is the S before the consonant: The word Start becomes "Shtart." Stop becomes Shtop.R.P ACCENTSOriginsA.J Ellis invented the term “ Received Pronunciation” .

Daniel Jones said that RP is the accent "most usually heard in everyday speech in the families of Southern English persons whose menfolk have been educated at the great public boarding schools

RP quickly came to be associated with a public-school education followed by higher education at Oxford or Cambridge.

Kinds of R.P.Gimson (1980) proposed:

Conservative RP : traditional accent associated with older speakers.

General RP: neutral regarding age, occupation, or lifestyle of the speaker.

People who talk with R.P. accentThe British Royal FamilyDavid Cameron, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Mayor of LondonRowan Williams, Former Archbishop of Canterbury David Attenborough, broadcaster and naturalistRupert Everett, actorChris Huhne, former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury

Others namesBBC English Oxford English the Queen's English Standard English RP (received pronunciation)public school dialects educated dialects

Welsh accentWelsh is a Celtic language spoken in Wales (Cymru) by about 659,000 people, and in the Welsh colony (yr Wladfa) in Patagonia, Argentina (yr Ariannin) by several hundred peoplThere are also Welsh speakers in England (Lloegr), Scotland (yr Alban), Canada, the USA (yr Unol Daleithiau), Australia (Awstralia) and New Zealand (Seland Newydd)

At the beginning of the 20th century about half of the population of Wales spoke Welsh as an everyday language.

Towards the end of the century, the proportion of Welsh speakers had fallen to about 20%.The number of Welsh speakers in Wales is around 750,000, and about 1.5 million people can 'understand' WelshThere are an estimated 133,000 Welsh-speakers living in England

The earliest known examples of Welsh literature are the poems of Taliesin, which feature Urien of Rheged, a 6th century king in what is now southern Scotland, and Aneirin's Y Gododdin, a description of a battle between Celts and Northumbrians which occurred in about 600 AD.

Today there are radio stations and a TV channel, that broadcast entirely or mainly in Welsh.

There are also weekly and monthly newspapers and magazinesAbout 500 books in Welsh are published annually, and there is a thriving Welsh language music scene.

All school pupils in Wales study Welsh as a first or second language for 12 years, from the age of 5 to 16.

There are currently over 440 primary schools and over 50 secondary schools in Wales that teach entirely or mainly throught the medium of Welsh.

Some courses at Welsh universities and colleges are taught through Welsh, and there are numerous Welsh courses for adults throughout WalesWelsh is fairly closely related to Cornish and Breton, and more distantly related to Irish, Manx and Scottish GaelicHere is an illustration of some of the differences and similarities between the Celtic languages using the phrase 'I live in Wales'Welsh - Dw i'n byw yng NghymruCornish - Trigys ov yn KembraBreton - E Kembre emaon o chomIrish - Tá mé i mo chónaí sa Bhreatain BheagScottish Gaelic - Tha mi a' fuireach anns a' ChuimrighManx - Ta mee cummal 'sy Vretyn

Modern Welsh can be considered to fall broadly into two main styles—Colloquial Welsh (Cymraeg llafar) and Literary Welsh (Cymraeg llenyddol).

Colloquial Welsh is used in most speech and informal writingLiterary Welsh is closer to the form of Welsh standardized by the 1588 translation of the Bible and is found in official documents and other formal registers, including much literature.

TranslationAll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhoodWelsh English, Anglo-Welsh, or “Wenglish” refers to the dialects of English spoken in Wales by Welsh peopleThe dialects are significantly influenced by Welsh grammar and often include words derived from Welsh.

There is a variety of accents found across Wales from the Cardiff dialect to that of the South Wales Valleys and to West Wales.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/cockney.htmActivityhttp://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-15520.phpEnglish around the worldEnglish is the most important language.350 million of native speakers.1000 million of native and non-native speakers.

English is the official or co-official language in more than 60 countries.

There are different variations of English in the way of speaking or writing.

South African Accent:http://m.videojug.com/film/how-to-do-a-south-african-accent

ActivityTry to guess the accenta) Scottish accentb) Received pronuntationc) South African accent

AUDIO 1Audio 2:a) Irish accentb) Welsh accentc) American accent

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a) Scottish Accentb) Australian Accentc) Corkney Accent

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a) American accentb) Irish accentc) Scottish accent

Scottish Gaelic

Celtic language native to Scotland.Developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Old Irish.Scottish Gaelic is not an official language of the European Union, not of the United Kingdom.It is classed as an autochthonous language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, which the British government has ratified.

Scottish Gaelic

Aside from Scottish Gaelic the language may also be referred to simply as Gaelic.Outside of Ireland and Great Britain, "Gaelic" may confusingly refer to the Irish language.Scottish Gaelic should not be confused with Scots, which refers to the English-derived language varieties which had come to be spoken in most of the Lowlands of Scotland by the early modern era.Scottish Gaelic is spoken by about 60,000 people in Scotland (Alba), mainly in the Highlands (a' Ghaidhealtachd) and in the Western Isles (Na h-Eileanan an Iar), but also in Glasgow (Glaschu), Edinburgh (Dùn Eideann) and Inverness (Inbhir Nis). There are also small Gaelic-speaking communities in Canada, particularly in Nova Scotia (Alba Nuadh) and on Cape Breton Island (Eilean Cheap Breatainn). Other speakers can be found in Australia (Astràilia), New Zealand (Sealainn Nuadh) and the USA (Na Stàitean Aonaichte).Scottish Gaelic is written with just 18 letters each of which is named after a tree or shrub. The consonants all have more than one pronunciation depending on their position in a word and which vowels precede or follow them.

Scottish English

It refers to the varieties of English spoken in Scotland.It may or may not be considered distinct from the Scots language. It is not the same as Scottish Gaelic, which is a Celtic language.The main, formal variety is called Scottish Standard English or Standard Scottish English, often abbreviated to SSE.

Scottish English results from language contact between Scots and the Standard English of England after the 17th century.The resulting shifts to English usage by Scots-speakers resulted in many phonological compromises and lexical transfers, often mistaken for mergers by linguists unfamiliar with the history of Scottish English.

Scottish English PhonologyHighland English is slightly different from the variety spoken in the Lowlands in that it is more phonologically, grammatically, and lexically influenced by a Gaelic substratum.Similarly the English spoken in the North-East of Scotland tends to follow the phonology and grammar of Doric.

Is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots)It is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic.Scots is generally regarded as one of the ancient varieties of English, yet it has its own distinct dialects.Scots is sometimes treated as a distinct Germanic language, in the way Norwegian is closely linked to, yet distinct from, Danish.

Scots Language

The UK government accepts Scots as a regional language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, and the Scottish Executive recognises and respects Scots (in all its forms) as a distinct language, and does not consider the use of Scots to be an indication of poor competence in English.

Scots Language

At Scotsman, the length of the vowels is conditioned by the Act Aitken. The words those are only a bit different from the English in pronunciation written as in English. Other words are spelled the same but have a different pronunciation.aunt, swap, want and wash pronounced with / a /.bull (bull or steer), full (complete) and pull with / ʌ /.bind (tie), find and wind (wind up) with / ɪ /.